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UM,
[1. Call the meeting to order.]
WANNA OFFICIALLY GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS STATE ORDER PAST 6:00 PM I DO HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCILS PRESENT.PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCILWOMAN SHIRLEY DANIELS WILL NOT BE JOINING US TODAY.
UH, TODAY IS NOVEMBER 8TH, 2022.
THIS IS THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE PREVIOUS SESSION.
[2. City Manager Reports: City Council Calendar/Upcoming Events City Operations Conduct a briefing to discuss items for the 7:00 p.m. regular meeting]
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITY MANAGER REPORT.HOW YOU DOING WITH CITY MANAGER? I'M DOING WELL, MAYOR.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, WELCOME, UH, TO NOVEMBER.
IT STARTED OFF WITH A BANG WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WEATHER.
WE DID HAVE TO, UH, POSTPONE A BIG EVENT CELEBRATING ALL THE GOOD THINGS TAKING PLACE DOWNTOWN, BUT WE'LL BE ACTIVELY WORKING TO GET THAT RESCHEDULED.
UH, WE NEEDED THE RAIN, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA, NOT GONNA COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT.
UH, BUT THIS IS OUR ONE AND ONLY REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF NOVEMBER, AND I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT WE'VE ONLY GOT ONE MORE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING LEFT FOR ALL OF 2022.
THIS YEAR HAS DEFINITELY FLOWN BY AND THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THINGS GOING, UH, MANY OF WHICH, UH, WILL BE DISCUSSED IN SOME FASHION.
UH, ON THE, UH, COUNCIL, UH, MEETING AGENDA TONIGHT, UH, WHEN IT BEGIN WITH, UH, GOING OVER THE CALENDAR AGAIN, THIS IS THE PART TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE STAY EXCEPTIONALLY BUSY BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND REALLY THE FIRST PART OF DECEMBER WITH REALLY, UM, LATE OCTOBER THROUGH NOVEMBER IS BEING REALLY THE HEART OF, UH, OUR BIG ENGAGEMENT CALENDAR.
SO, UH, ON, UH, THIS THURSDAY, UH, NOVEMBER 10TH, UH, THE NEXT, UH, INSTALLMENT OF THE QUARTERLY M W B E AND LOCAL BUSINESS WORKSHOP, UH, WILL BE TAKING PLACE FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT.
UH, THIS TIME IT'LL BE AT OUR PARTNERS IN DESOTO, AT THEIR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 1301 PLEASANT ONE ROAD.
UM, JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT CEDAR HILL REALLY STARTED, AND IT'S REALLY CONTINUED TO GAIN MOMENTUM, NOT JUST WITHIN THE BEST SOUTHWEST SINCE ALL OF OUR PARTNERS HAVE JOINED US, BUT REALLY OUTSIDE INTO THE METROPLEX AS WELL.
IT'S BECOME A BIT OF A MODEL, UM, AND WE ARE ALL BENEFITING FROM THE ENGAGEMENT THAT IS TAKING PLACE WITH THIS SORT OF REGULAR INTERACTION OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE, UH, IN THIS VERY BUSINESS RICH AREA OF SOUTHWEST DALLAS COUNTY.
AND SO, UM, IF YOU'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GO TO ONE OF THESE, UH, OR HAVEN'T GONE TO ONE IN A WHILE, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DROP BY BECAUSE I THINK YOU'LL BE VERY, VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE ENGAGEMENT AND THE REACH THAT THESE WORKSHOPS ARE GETTING ON, UH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM UH, THE CITY IS HOSTING A VETERAN'S RESOURCE FAIR AT THE ALLEN SIMS RECREATION CENTER, THREE 10 EAST PARKVILLE ROAD.
THIS IS PART OF THE CITY'S ONGOING CELEBRATION AND APPRECIATION TO THE VETERANS THAT, UM, HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND THAT LIVE IN OUR CITY.
UH, THOSE WHO, UH, YOU WHO, UM, ARE PART OF THE PROGRAM THAT THE MASONS DO FOR THE AMERICAN FLAGS ON AMERICAN HOLIDAYS MAY HAVE NOTICED THE FLAGS HAVE BEEN PUT OUT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
AND SO THAT'S IN ADVANCE OF, UH, OF VETERANS DAY.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO APPRECIATE AND ENGAGE THE VETERANS OF OUR COMMUNITY ON THAT DAY.
UH, ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER THE 12TH, UH, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE, UM, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN OUR AMAZING FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY'LL BE, UH, HOSTING THEIR ANNUAL, UH, FIRE AWARDS BANQUET FROM, UH, FIVE TO 10:00 PM UH, IT WILL BE AT THE MIDLOTHIAN CONFERENCE CENTER.
UH, PLEASE, THEY HAVE ASKED, UH, TO RSVP JUST SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, PLAN ON ATTENDANCE.
SO IF YOU AND A GUEST WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND WE WILL, UH, MAKE SURE WE MAKE THOSE ARRANGEMENTS.
I KNOW THAT CHIEF SMITH AND HIS TEAM WILL LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOUR PRESENCE TO HELP THEM, UH, CELEBRATE, UH, THE AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE THIS YEAR OUT OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH.
A, UH, KIND OF A FAMILY FAVORITE HERE WITHIN THE CITY IS OUR ANNUAL 55 PLUS THANKSGIVING LUNCHEON THAT'S HOSTED BY OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT AND OUR SENIOR CENTER.
AGAIN, WE'VE, WE OUTGREW THE SENIOR CENTER LONG AGO FOR THIS EVENT.
IT'LL BE HELD AT THE L CENTER'S RECREATION CENTER FROM 11 TO ONE, AS HAS BEEN THE TRADITION ON THIS EVENT.
UH, CITY STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL ARE WELCOMED AND ENCOURAGED TO BOTH ATTEND AND HELP SERVE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE, AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP SERVE, JUST LET US KNOW THAT YOU'RE COMING AND WE WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOU.
IT IS ALWAYS A GOOD DAY TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE AND CELEBRATE OUR, UH, SENIORS IN TOWN.
AND THEY VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO THE THANKSGIVING ONE, AS IT'S SORT OF A RUN UP FOR THE ONE THAT COMES UP RIGHT AFTER THE CHRISTMAS ONE COMES UP PRETTY QUICK.
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IT BECOMES A LOT OF FUN ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH.THIS IS A BIG MILESTONE FOR OUR CITY AND COMMUNITY, AND THAT IS THE, UH, THE DEDICATION OF THE BS TRAIL, AND IT'S FORMAL GRAND OPENING.
THIS HAS BEEN A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR NEARLY A DECADE.
IT WAS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE 2012 PARKS, UH, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN THAT HAS BEEN SO INFLUENTIAL IN THE DEVELOPMENT TRAJECTORY OF OUR CITY, UH, HAS INVOLVED A MYRIAD OF PARTNERSHIPS, BOTH AT THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THE COUNTY LEVEL, AND A HOST OF, UH, STEWARDS, NATURAL STEWARDS IN THE CONSORTIUM, UH, THAT STEWARD THE LAND ALONG 1392.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THAT EVENT AND THE JOURNEY THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN ON TO GET THAT ONE FINISHED.
UH, WE WILL SEND OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO YOU AS WE GET CLOSER ABOUT WHERE TO PARK AND SO FORTH.
ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH THROUGH SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH IS OUR ANNUAL GOAL SETTING, UM, WORKSHOP AND RETREAT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THIS ONE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FEW HOURS THAT WE SPEND TOGETHER AS WE MAP OUT NOT JUST THE SHORT TERM, BUT THE LONG TERM GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, UM, THAT THE STAFF NEEDS TO PREPARE FOR, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, CONTINUE ON THIS JOURNEY OF, UH, BEING THAT PREMIER CITY THAT WE ALL WANT TO BE.
UM, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT YEAR FOR US BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE WRAPPING UP WHAT ARE THE MAJOR MILESTONES OF THE LAST LONG RANGE PLAN, AND REALLY NOW STARTING TO SET THE FRAMEWORK FOR, UH, THE PLAN THAT WE WILL BE WORKING OVER THE NEXT, UH, 10 AND 15 YEARS.
AND SO THIS IS A, A CRITICAL YEAR FOR REESTABLISHING AND RESETTING WHAT THE NEXT SET OF GOALS ARE GOING TO BE FOR US.
AND A VERY EXCITING TIME AND A PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR THIS COUNCIL AND YOUR SENIOR TEAM ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH.
OUR, UH, FRIENDS AT HILLSIDE VILLAGE ARE ALREADY STARTING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON, UH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A, UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THANKSGIVING.
THEY'LL, UH, HOST THEIR, UH, CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING ON THAT DAY ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH AND FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH.
CITY OFFICES ARE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, UH, ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, WE HAVE A SPECIAL WORKSHOP TO, UH, FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM WE'LL BE ON THE THIRD FLOOR, UH, HERE ON THE ISD TRAINING ROOM OF THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.
THIS TOPIC FOR THAT WORKSHOP WILL BE, UH, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE PLANNING FOR OUR NEW LIBRARY IN SIGNATURE PARK.
OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON PUTTING THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER AS WE NOW GET REALLY CLOSE TO SEEING IT, UH, GO VERTICAL.
AND WE NOW GET TO DO THE FUN PART ABOUT OCCUPYING IT IN, UH, GETTING READY TO WELCOME OUR CITIZENS INTO THAT FACILITY IN JUST A FEW MONTHS.
UM, ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH, TECH STOP WILL BE HOSTING THE, A FORMAL DEDICATION OF THE SOUTHERN GATEWAY PROJECT.
THIS HAS BEEN ALL OF, UH, 67 TO THE I 35 SPLIT, AND THEN I 35 FROM THE SPLIT ONTO DOWNTOWN DALLAS.
THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR MANY YEARS, AND THEY ARE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO COMPLETING IT.
THOSE OF US WHO, UH, HAVE A CHANCE TO RIDE THAT IN THE MORNINGS, I KNOW HAVE APPRECIATED HAVING THE EXTRA LANES AND NOT HAVING THE CONSTRUCTION IN THE WAY.
AND SO, UH, THEY ARE, UH, RIGHTFULLY, UH, CELEBRATING THE COMPLETION OF THAT PROJECT.
UH, THEN WE MOVE INTO DECEMBER, UH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1ST IS THE, UH, NEXT MAYOR'S PRAYER BREAKFAST.
IT'LL BE HELD FROM SEVEN 30 TO NINE AT THE ALLEN E SIMS RECREATION CENTER.
AND THAT'S ALSO A BIG DAY FOR US BECAUSE IT'S ALSO OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY ON THE HILL EVENT IN, UH, BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN CEDAR HILL FROM FIVE 30 TO EIGHT 30.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, THINGS TO LOOK AT AND APPRECIATE DOWNTOWN ARE ONLY GETTING GREATER WITH EVERY EVENT.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD AT, UH, SQUARE SCARE ON THE SQUARE AND COUNTRY DAY, AND FOLLOW THAT RIGHT INTO CELEBRATING, UH, CHRISTMAS IN THIS COMMUNITY AT THAT EVENT.
UH, THEN ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER THE SECOND FROM 11 TO ONE, COUNSEL IS, UM, INVITED TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL, UH, EMPLOYEE CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON.
IT'LL BE HELD ALSO AT THE, UH, SIMS RECREATION CENTER TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6TH IS A SPECIAL JOINT WORKSHOP WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD.
AS YOU KNOW, THE E D C AND THEIR STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A NEW STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
UH, THOSE REIGNS HAVE BEEN PICKED UP BY OUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, HENRY FARHAM.
AND, UH, HE WILL BE PROVIDING A, UH, A BRIEFING ON WHERE HE'S GOING WITH THAT.
AND THEN WE WILL BE MEETING TOGETHER WITH THE EDC BOARD, UH, TO MAKE SOME TWEAKS AND THEN SET THAT, UH, STRATEGIC PLAN,
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UM, IN THE QUEUE FOR BEING CONSIDERED, ULTIMATELY ADOPTED, SO THAT ED CAN HAVE THEIR MARCHING ORDERS FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS WITH YOUR PRIORITIES IN HAND.SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10TH IS, UH, THE NEXT, UH, PUBLIC, UM, PAPER SHREDDING EVENT.
IT'LL BE HELD HERE AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER FROM NINE TO 12.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE YEAR.
IT WILL BE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13TH, HERE IN THIS ROOM IN THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CALENDAR? UM, ONLY BECAUSE, UM, THE NEXT MEETING IS DECEMBER THE 13TH, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND IT MAY BE ON COUNCIL'S CALENDAR ALREADY, BUT DECEMBER 15TH IS PASSING OF THE GAVEL FROM OUR COLLEAGUE, BUT THE BEST SOUTHWEST CHAIRMAN, AH, TAB MCKERTY.
SO, UM, COUNCIL, I DID ASK STAFF TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL'S INVITED IF THEY HAVE TIME TO COME OUT SUPPORT YOU.
YOU'RE CALLING IT A ROAST AND TOAST.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT'S ON, DON.
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT, UH, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO BE PASSING THE GAVEL TO, TO MS. COLEMAN FROM, FROM DESOTO AND HER, WE'LL LET HER TAKE THE REINS FOR THE, FOR THE COMING YEAR, BUT I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO LEAD THAT ORGANIZATION OVER THE LAST YEAR.
WE'VE APPRECIATED YOUR SERVICE, UH, TO THE REGION.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE HAVE JUST ONE LAST NOTE TO MAKE ON THE CALENDAR.
UM, UH, MARIE WATTS HAD SENT OUT A, UH, SHORT, VER A SHORT SURVEY TO HELP, UH, FACILITATE THE RETREAT.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THAT IN YOUR EMAIL, PLEASE LOOK IT UP.
AND IT SAYS IT'LL ONLY TAKE ABOUT 15 MINUTES, BUT IT WILL HELP US STRUCTURE SOME OF OUR CONVERSATIONS.
DID, UH, DO WE HAVE A WORKSHOP ABOUT THE LIBRARY COMING UP? DID YOU? YES, SIR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CALENDAR? ALRIGHTY, THEN.
QUICK ORIENTATION TO THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
WE HAVE, UH, TWO BRIEFINGS FOR YOU.
BOTH OF THEM ARE, UH, RELATED TO MAJOR COUNSEL, UH, PRIORITIES AND BOND PRIORITIES.
THE FIRST ONE IS A PRESENTATION FROM TOM JOHNSON, UH, GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW OF DOWNTOWN COMPLETE STREETS AND, UH, OUR FIRST PHASE AND THINGS THAT WE'VE LEARNED AND WHAT THE PLANS ARE FOR THE NEXT STEPS DOWN THERE.
UH, THE SECOND ITEM, UH, WILL BE CONDUCTED BY, UH, MELISSA CUMMINGS AND HER, UH, CRACKER JACK PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE CURRENT PROGRESS AT THE LIBRARY MUSEUM SIGNATURE PARK AND TRAIL PROJECT, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.
UH, WE HAVE A RELATIVELY SHORT, UH, REGULAR AGENDA TONIGHT.
HAVE SEVERAL THINGS TO, UH, CELEBRATE, INCLUDING A PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING NOVEMBER 11TH.
IS VETERAN'S DAY A PROCLAMATION, UH, RECOGNIZING NOVEMBER 16TH IS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS OR GIS DAY HERE IN CEDAR HILL.
UH, WE WILL PRESENT CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION TO THE 2022 COUNTRY DAY ON THE HILL COMMITTEE.
AGAIN, THIS WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT THIS YEAR BY EVERYBODY INVOLVED TO, UH, PICK THE EVENT UP AFTER, UH, TWO YEARS OF COVID AND MAKE IT GREAT.
THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT, WAS A, UH, GREAT EXPRESSION OF, UH, THE DRAW THAT THAT EVENT STILL HAS IN OUR COMMUNITY AFTER, YOU KNOW, 80 YEARS OR SO.
IT'S, IT'S A PRETTY COOL THING TO SEE.
SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THEIR WORK.
ALSO, A CERTIFICATE OF, UH, RECOGNITION TO THE, UH, GRADUATING CLASS TWO OF THE CITIZENS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
THE MAYOR AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER HAYDEN HAD A CHANCE TO GO AND CELEBRATE THEM AT A, AT A, AT A DINNER THAT THEY JUST HAD.
BUT THEY WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU FORMALLY, UM, AS CLASS TWO OF THIS, UH, OF THIS PROGRAM THAT THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY, UH, INSPIRED AND DIRECTED US TO DO.
UH, AND THEN FINALLY, UH, A BIG EVENT FOR US, AND THAT IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING GOLD AWARD, UM, TO THE CITY RELATED TO THE CEDAR HILL NEXT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, THIS WAS PROVIDED TO OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR AND HER STAFF, UM, AT THE RECENT, UH, TEXAS CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION.
SO, COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ARE BIG DEALS FOR CITIES.
THEY'RE THE, THE, THE ROADMAP FOR 20 YEARS OR SO.
UH, THIS ONE TOOK 20 YEARS SURVIVE COVID AND A WHOLE LOT OF EXTRA WORK TO MAKE HAPPEN.
AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE IT VALIDATED WITH AN AWARD FROM PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THAT AND BRINGING THAT AWARD, UH, TO YOU.
UH, WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM RELATED TO BOND MATTERS, AND IT IS A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION SO THAT WE CAN GET STARTED ON SOME ROAD REPAIR AND SOME OTHER WORK THAT, UH,
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UH, WE'D LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, UH, GOOD WEATHER TO, UH, GET THOSE THINGS STARTED.WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA MOST HAVE TO DO WITH, UH, EXECUTING ITEMS THAT WERE, UH, AUTHORIZED WITHIN THE BUDGET.
UH, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
AND, UH, MAYOR, THAT IS MY REPORT.
[3. Presentation on the Downtown Complete Streets Project.]
ALL RIGHT, NEXT ING IS PRESENTATION ON DOWNTOWNS FILE.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
UM, I RECENTLY DID THIS PRESENTATION FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AS WELL AS OUR DOWNTOWN HISTORICAL ADVISORY, UM, BOARD, AND WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT AS WELL.
IT'S, TO YOUR LEFT, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE, THERE YOU GO.
THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE A WALKIE TALKIE.
UM, SO WITH EVERY PRESENTATION, UM, WE'RE REMINDED OF OUR VISION STATEMENT AS WELL AS OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND OUR VALUES.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE US A PREMIER CITY? AND TONIGHT I'M GONNA FOCUS A LOT ON OUR EXCELLENT AND SAFE, EFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THE AGENDA THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU TONIGHT, UM, ONE IS WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME DOWNTOWN MILESTONES AND HOW WE GOT HERE.
I THINK YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF THESE SLIDES, AND I APPRECIATE, UH, LASHONDRA AND MARIA FOR LETTING ME BORROW THOSE SLIDES AGAIN.
UM, BUT I'M KIND OF RUN THROUGH IT REAL QUICKLY AND THEN, UH, KIND OF BRING YOU UP TO DATE WITH, UH, WHERE WE ARE.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, KIND OF REMINDER OF THE CONCEPTS AND RENDERINGS THAT CAME OUT OF OUR PLAN, AND THEN, UM, TOUCH A LOT ON, ON OUR FRANCHISE UTILITY COORDINATION THAT WE HAD TO DO THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT.
UM, I'M GONNA COVER THE COST, UM, THE FUNDING THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR THE PROJECT AND WHERE WE'RE AT, AND SHARE WITH YOU SOME LESSONS LEARNED.
AND THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT PHASE TWO AND, UM, THE DIRECTION WE'RE GONNA, UH, PLAN ON MOVING ON THAT.
SO ON OUR MILESTONES, UM, THE PRO THE PROPERTY, UM, CALLED THE PHILLIPS PROPERTY WAS PURCHASED IN 2013 BY THE EDC.
THERE WAS A MARKET STUDY DONE IN 14, AND THE EDC, UM, MARKETED THE PHILLIPS PROPERTY IN 15, WHICH WAS ULTIMATELY BOUGHT BY THE LAKE MARINO GROUP IN 2018.
UM, I KNOW I'M GONNA TOUCH ON THIS PROPERTY, BUT IT'S, IT, IT WAS THIS, UH, PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS OUR DESIRE TO FINALLY DO SOMETHING WITH DOWNTOWN STREETS THAT ACTUALLY JUST SORT OF JUST CAME TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME AND AT THE RIGHT TIME.
UM, THE, THE EDC APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH PACHECO COKE, UM, TO DO A COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN, AS WELL AS A PARKING STUDY FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND THAT AREA IS OUTLINED IN RED, UM, ON THE SCREEN.
THE, UM, THE EDC ALSO FUNDED, UH, THE DESIGN CONTRACT FOR PHASE ONE.
AND SO HERE'S THE TIMELINE, UM, PRETTY DETAILED, BUT JUST IN GENERAL.
UM, PACHECO COPE WAS OUR DESIGN ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT, AND THEY STARTED IN 2019.
UM, AND THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS, IT WAS ALWAYS OUR INTENT TO GET AS MUCH STAKEHOLDER, UM, INPUT AS POSSIBLE.
AND A LOT OF THAT WAS ON LASHONDRA AND MARIA'S GROUP TO WORK WITH THEM AND GATHER THAT INFORMATION, UM, THROUGHOUT AUGUST.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT LASHONDRA AND MARIA DID WAS THEY, THEY KEPT THE EDC INFORMED BECAUSE THEY WERE FUNDING THIS PROJECT.
AND SO THEY DID MEET WITH THEM ON AUGUST 5TH, UH, TO DISCUSS THE COMPLETE STREETS PLAN.
UM, THEN ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE IMPORTANCE OF CREATING, UM, AN ACTIVE, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT, WHICH WOULD TAKE THE PRIORITY OVER VEHICLES AND PARKING.
UM, THERE'S WHERE THE CONCEPT CAME IN FOR US TO LOOK AT DOWNTOWN, NOT JUST IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING FRONT TO BUILDING FRONT, AND USING AS MUCH SPACE THERE AS WE CAN TO CREATE THAT ENVIRONMENT.
SO ON THE FIRST DRAFT, UM, THIS WAS THE PHASING PLAN THAT CAME OUT, AND SOME OF THE COST ESTIMATES THAT CAME OUT OF THAT, UM, LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS FINALLY ADOPTED.
BUT, UM, THEY WENT BACK TO THE EDC, UM, SHARED THEIR FINDINGS ON THE COMPLETE STREETS, UM, AND THE CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES THAT WERE
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BEING PROVIDED BY PACHECO CO.AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO CONCURRED WITH THE EDC TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON CEDAR STREET AND BROAD STREET, WHICH, WHAT, WHICH WE CALLED PHASE ONE.
SO THIS WAS THE ACTUAL, UH, PHASE PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN JANUARY OF 2020.
SO THE YELLOW SECTION IS PHASE ONE, WHICH WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN PHASE TWO, WHICH IS QUITE A BIT LARGER.
UM, IT INCLUDED THE EDC PROPERTY AND BUILDING A PARKING LOT ON THERE.
THE EXTENSION OF BROAD STREET TO THE SOUTH, UM, HOUSTON STREET WOULD, UH, BE TRANSFORMED TO A LINEAR PARK.
UM, CEDAR STREET WOULD BE REDONE IN FRONT OF SAM'S.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE PIONEER PARK IN THERE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT TO PHASE TWO.
UH, SO AS WE CONTINUED, UM, PK STARTED PUTTING OUR CONSTRUCTION PLANS TOGETHER FOR PHASE ONE.
UM, THE COUNCIL APPROVED 4 MILLION, WHICH WAS THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNT FROM PACHECO COAT.
UH, WE SOLD THOSE CERTIFICATES IN MARCH OF, UH, 2020 TO FUND THE PROJECT.
AND THEN, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR PROJECTS, THE LAKE MAR LAKES MARINO GROUP WAS ALSO WORKING ON THEIR PROJECT AND GOING THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, PROCESS, UM, IN DECEMBER 7TH, 2020 AT THE EDC, UM, THEY UPDATED ON ACTIONS THAT IMPACTED THE DOWNTOWN.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE NEED TO ADDRESS THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR DOWNTOWN AND, UM, ACTUAL USING THE, UH, EDC PROPERTY, WHICH IS ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO MAKE UP FOR THAT SUPPLEMENTAL PARKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED.
BECAUSE THE WAY WE WERE LAYING OUT THE ROADS, WE WERE ACTUALLY LOSING PARKING, AND IT WAS ALWAYS THE INTENT, THE PARKING THAT WE'RE LOSING ON THE STREET, THAT WE'D HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL PARKING AREA, WHICH, UM, I'LL, I'LL ADDRESS LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, REALLY THERE'S A QUICK SCHEMATIC OF, UM, SOME THOUGHTS EARLY ON OF HOW WE COULD USE THEIR PROPERTY.
AND REALLY, I KNOW I'VE GOT THIS THING TILTED TO THE RIGHT, BUT NORTH IS TO THE RIGHT ON CEDAR STREET, BUT USING HALF OF THEIR PROPERTY, THE NARROWEST POINT, UM, TO PUT THAT PROPERTY, UM, THAT SUPPLEMENTAL PARKING IN THAT LOCATION.
UM, SO FOR 21, THE COUNCIL ALSO MOVED FORWARD ON STAFF'S REQUEST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN CONTRACT FOR PHASE TWO.
AND THEN WE HAD PK, WE RELEASED THEM TO DO ALL THE SURVEY WORK.
UM, PROBABLY RIGHT MIDDLE OF THE YEAR THERE, WE STARTED NOTICING THAT THERE'S SOME INCREASED COSTS AND CONSTRUCTION, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, SOME UNKNOWN COSTS OF WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES TO PUT THEIR STUFF UNDERGROUND.
SO WE, WE ASKED FA UH, PACHECO TO HOLD OFF ON PHASE TWO, UM, AND UNTIL WE GOT TO THE END OF PHASE ONE, WE COULD SEE WHERE WE WERE AT FINANCIALLY.
I'LL TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT TOO LATER.
UM, SO WE DO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UH, THE PLANS, UM, BY THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.
UM, AND WE DO SHARE THE PLANS IN THE OPEN HOUSE MEETING, UM, TO, TO SHOW EVERYBODY WHAT, UH, PHASE ONE WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AT THE SAME TIME, RIGHT ABOUT THEN.
UM, ATMOS WAS WORKING WITH US AND LETTING US KNOW THAT THEY PLANNED A MAJOR RECONSTRUCTION OF THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN.
UM, NOT JUST IN THE AREA THAT WE WERE WORKING IN, BUT ACTUALLY STARTING ALL THE WAY FROM COOPER AND WORKING ALL THE WAY NORTH TO, UH, BELTLINE ROAD.
UM, SO THAT WAS THE FIRST ACTIVITY EVERYONE SAW WAS ATMOS OUT THERE.
UM, AND THERE WAS, THERE WAS ACTIVITY, THERE WAS HOLES, THERE WERE THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT, UM, IT TOOK THEM A FEW MONTHS TO GET DONE.
UM, BUT AT LEAST WE GOT ONE OF THE FRANCHISE OUTTA THE WAY, AND WE KNEW WHERE THEY WERE.
THE OTHER BIG PIECE TO THE PUZZLE WAS ENCORE, AND, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE GET ALL THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERGROUND AS WELL.
UM, WE HAD THE BENEFIT OF A, VIRTUALLY A VACANT TRACK.
LAKE MARINO GROUP, UM, WAS ALLOWING US TO WORK WITH THEM TO PUT SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THEIR PROPERTY SO THAT WAY, UM, WE COULD, UM, USE PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENTS, RUN TRANSFORMERS ACROSS THEIR PROPERTY.
SO THIS IS JUST A GENERAL SCHEMATIC OF WHERE, UM, THE NEW TRANSFORMERS ARE LOCATED IN GREEN BOXES.
AND THEN THE BLUE LITTLE, UM, CIRCLES ARE WHERE THE POWER WOULD COME BACK OUT OF THE GROUND AND GO ON POLES.
SO IT WAS JUST, UM, A LONG EFFORT TO WORK WITH THEM.
I'M GONNA TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT ON LESSONS LEARNED.
UM, SO AGAIN, LAKES MARINO, UM, WORKED WITH P AND Z ON ALL THEIR FINAL PLAT APPROVALS AND, AND SO FORTH.
UM, WE GOT THE, UH, PHASE ONE DESIGN TOTALLY COMPLETED, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO BID THE PROJECT
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OUT IN THE FALL.AND THEN COUNCIL APPROVED THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT, UM, WITH S YB CONSTRUCTION ON THE DECEMBER 14TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO FROM THAT STUDY, YOU SAW THE PHASING PLANS, BUT THIS WAS SOME OF THE RENDERINGS.
AND THE REASON I'M SHOWING YOU THIS IS BECAUSE I'M GONNA SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY AND HOW MUCH THE RE THE RENDERINGS RESEMBLE, WHAT ACTUALLY GOT CONSTRUCTED.
SO THE LEFT PICTURE IS BROAD, UM, AND BROAD STREET HAD SOME HEAD END PARKING, UM, ON THE WEST SIDE, AS WELL AS PARALLEL PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND THE LANES ARE A LITTLE BIT LOT WIDER, UM, LARGELY FOR, UM, EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND THEN CEDAR STREET, UM, YOU GOT HEAD END PARKING ON ONE SIDE, WHICH, UM, IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE, BASICALLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE THE QUILT SHOP IS.
AND YOU GOT SOME PARALLEL PARKING ON THE NORTH SIDE, BUT THE LANES ARE A LITTLE BIT NARROWER.
AND AGAIN, YOU REMEMBER THAT ONE COMMENT WAS TO MAKE IT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
IT WASN'T OUR INTEREST TO GET VEHICLES THROUGH THERE, UM, AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
SO, UM, THOSE LANES ARE ACTUALLY, UM, I THINK THEY WERE 11 FOOT OR 10 FOOT LANES.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES, UM, FOR THE STREETSCAPING, UM, WAS PUTTING, UH, SOME TREE WELLS IN THERE, UM, HAVING SOME BENCHES FOR PEOPLE TO SIT ON, UM, LIGHTING AND TRASH RECEPTACLES.
SO THE FRANCHISE UTILITY COORDINATION.
UM, THE, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST OBJECTIVE WE HAD IN THIS WHOLE PROJECT WAS, UM, TO PUT EVERYTHING UNDERGROUND AND, UM, EVERYTHING MEANT ENCORE, UH, ATMOS, AT AND T SPECTRUM AO MOVING THEM ALL OUT OF THE WAY, GIVING THEM A PLACE TO GO.
UM, AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO RIGHT NOW IS RECOGNIZE, UH, ROBERT WOODBURY, HE'S OUR CITY ENGINEER AND ROBERT, RIGHT? UM, MAN ROB, WE HAD WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH FRANCHISE UTILITIES AND, YOU KNOW, WITH COVID AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, WE ALL LEARNED ABOUT VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND STUFF.
WELL, WE KEPT ROCKING WITH THE VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND IT WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY WAY THAT WE COULD KEEP COMMUNICATION WITH ALL THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES.
CUZ IF YOU, YOU KNOW, BEFORE COVID, IF YOU EXPECT THEM TO COME TO CITY HALL ONCE A WEEK, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THAT.
BUT THEY ALL WERE SHOWING UP ON OUR WEEKLY MEETINGS AND ROBERT WAS RUNNING THOSE MEETINGS.
SO HE IS, HE IS BABYSITTING THE WHOLE PROCESS.
NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE THE FRANCHISE UTILITIES THERE, BUT WE STARTED BRINGING IN THE LATE MARINO ARCHITECT THEIR ENGINEER INTO THE PROCESS AS WELL, SO THAT WHATEVER WE WERE DOING, EVERYTHING WAS COORDINATED.
SO I, I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT, ROBERT.
UM, SO THE PROJECT FUNDING AND COST, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE EDC HAD, UH, PROGRAMMED 300,000.
UH, THE MASTER PLAN AND PARKING STUDY WAS 111,000.
PHASE ONE DESIGN CONTRACT WITH PACHECO WAS 190, SO IT WAS RIGHT AROUND AT THAT 300, 2000.
UM, THE CITY FUNDING, WHICH WAS THE, UH, CERTIFICATES THAT WE SOLD IN 2020 WAS 4 MILLION, UH, WITH THE INTENT OF, UH, THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE ONE AND GETTING PHASE TWO, UM, DESIGN.
UM, SO WE DIDN'T QUITE GET THAT FAR WITH THAT 4 MILLION, BUT KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT.
UM, THE, THE DESIGN OF PHASE ONE, WE HAD TO DO SOME SUPPLEMENTARY DESIGN WORK AND, UM, SOME SURVEYING COSTS FOR PHASE TWO, WHICH WAS BORN BY US.
UM, WE SPENT $128,000 ON THAT.
THE UTILITY RELOCATIONS, WE FINALLY GOT ALL THE NUMBERS FROM THEM, UM, WAS ALMOST $400,000 TO PUT, UM, WHAT I CONSIDER A PRETTY SMALL SECTION OF STUFF UNDERGROUND.
BUT IT'S, IT'S SIGNIFICANT AND WE'VE GOTTA KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE GO INTO PHASE TWO AND, AND BEYOND.
SO OUR CONSTRUCTION COST, UM, THE 2.99 IS THE CONTRACT PLUS THE CONTINGENCY THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE STILL WITHIN OUR CONTINGENCY, SO I, I THINK THAT NUMBER'S GONNA BE PROBABLY AROUND 2.7, 2.8 MILLION WHEN WE'RE DONE.
THEN THE MATERIAL TESTING AND SOME MIS MISCELLANEOUS.
SO WE SPENT ABOUT 3.5 MILLION FOR PHASE ONE, AND THAT DOES INCLUDE THE DESIGN, THE SURVEY COST FOR PHASE TWO.
SO, UM, I THINK WE MADE THE RIGHT CALL TO HOLD BACK, UM, TO SEE WHERE THESE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO, UH, END UP.
AND, UM, WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT STEP ON PHASE TWO, WHICH I'LL TOUCH ON HERE IN, IN A SECOND.
SO LESSONS LEARNED, UM, SO I, WE GOT A MILLION OF 'EM, BUT I, I PUT A FEW OF 'EM ON HERE FOR YOU.
UM, SURVEYING DIFFICULTIES AND NEEDS, AND BASICALLY WE, WE COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING OUT THERE.
UM, DOWNTOWN IS SO OLD YOU CAN'T FIND PROPERTY CORNERS.
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BUILDINGS ENCROACHING RIGHT OF WAYS.UM, SO LITERALLY, UH, THE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE PAID FOR WAS THE NEED TO FIND ALL THAT STUFF TO HELP, UH, LOCATE THAT SO WE CAN DESIGN THINGS.
UM, AND THEN THE BIG THING WAS THE ELEVATIONS OF ADJACENT FLOORS AND STRUCTURES.
UM, I THINK WHEN WE DO PHASE TWO, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO GO INSIDE THE BUILDINGS AND SURVEY THE ACTUAL FLOORS THERE BECAUSE WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WHERE THE DOOR THRESHOLD IS ISN'T EXACTLY SOMETIMES WHERE THE FLOOR IS INSIDE THE BUILDING AND SO FORTH.
UM, DOCUMENTING THE CONDITION OF BUILDING WALLS ADJACENT TO STREET WORK.
WELL, DOWNTOWN IS OLD, DOWNTOWN HAS OLD BUILDINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO TAKE VIDEOTAPE OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE, BUT I THINK WHEN WE GO INTO PHASE TWO, WE, WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE A HARD OR CLOSER LOOK AT, UM, THE CONDITION OF THESE WALLS, BOTH ON THE OUTSIDE AND, AND ON THE INSIDE.
SO IF THERE ARE CHANGES CAUSE OF OUR WORK, UM, WE CAN VALIDATE THEM, BUT WE DO, WE'VE RUN INTO SOME, UH, CONCERN THAT OUR PROJECT HAD CAUSED SOME DAMAGE, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE OWNERS ON THAT.
UM, RECORD DRAWINGS FOR DOWNTOWN ARE INACCURATE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I TOLD THE EDC WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE JUST TAKE A CLEAN SLATE AND JUST DESIGNED IT WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE ANYTHING IS AT AND DONE IT JUST AS WELL.
BUT EVERYWHERE WE DUG, WE FOUND, SO MY, I PUT THIS PICTURE IN THERE, UM, WE, WHERE YOU CAN SEE HOW WE HAD TO JOG THE WATER LINE AROUND JUST STUFF THAT WAS IN THE GROUND THAT WE HIT WITH THE BACKHOE AND STUFF.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO REMEMBER AS WE GO INTO PHASE TWO.
UM, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS, AND I KNOW
UM, IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY SIX MONTHS, YOU KNOW, THE GUY WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DECIDED HE'S GOING OUT TO LOVE IT, TO WORK FOR, UH, ENCORE, OR HE'S AT AND T AND IT WAS ALL OF 'EM.
THEY JUST SWITCHED OUT SO MUCH AND YOU HAD TO RETRAIN SOMEBODY NEW OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO.
UM, EASEMENT ACQUISITION, UM, IS ALWAYS AN UNKNOWN.
AND IN THIS CASE IT DID TAKE A WHILE.
UM, YOU KNOW, HATS OFF TO MARIA.
UM, IN FACT, MARIA IS GENERALLY THE PROJECT MANAGER.
I CONSIDER HER, UH, SHE, SHE KEPT US, UH, FOCUSED ON WHAT WE NEEDED TO ACQUIRE EASEMENTS, UM, AGREEMENTS AND SO FORTH.
UM, BUT IT DOES TAKE A WHILE TO DO, AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
IT DOES TAKE COMMUNICATION WITH THE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND, UM, TO, TO REACH AGREEMENTS.
UM, AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE COST OF THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I DID NOT EVER DID NOT KNOW, AND RUSSELL HELPED US OUT WITH THIS WAS, UM, WHEN WE WENT FROM AERIAL TRANSFORMERS TO ON THE GROUND TRANSFORMER, APPARENTLY THE DELIVERY ENCORE'S DELIVERY SYSTEM WAS TWO 40 VOLTS IN THE AIR, BUT 2 0 8 VOLTS ON THE GROUND.
AND SO THAT IMMEDIATELY CAUSED SOME CONCERN BECAUSE, UM, LARGELY WITH THE CHURCH TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THEY HAD INSIDE THE CHURCH, WE WEREN'T GONNA BURN UP OR, OR DAMAGE.
AND SO, UH, RUSSELL, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATED HIS EFFORTS WORKING WITH THE CHURCH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BROUGHT AN ELECTRICIAN IN, BASICALLY CHECKED ALL EVERYTHING OUT, AND MADE SURE THAT WHEN WE FLIPPED THE SWITCH, WE WERE OKAY, AND IT TURNED OUT GOOD.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON WHEN WE STARTED WORKING IN FRONT OF, OR DESIGNING THINGS IN FRONT OF SAM'S OR, YOU KNOW, BABE'S RESTAURANT.
UM, LET'S SEE, UH, AGAIN, INVENTORYING THE ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AGAIN, THAT, THAT GOES BACK TO THE DIFFERENT VOLTAGE AND SEEING WHAT'S INSIDE OF SAM'S AND WHAT'S INSIDE OF BABES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CREATE A PROBLEM.
AND THEN THE BIGGEST THING IS, UM, COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNICATE AND COMMUNICATE.
UM, SO THAT, THAT WAS A FOCUS OF MY STAFF WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS DURING CONSTRUCTION.
UM, I THINK WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE A GOOD CONTRACTOR OUT THERE WHO UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WANTED.
AND ACTUALLY THE CONTRACTOR HIMSELF, UM, LOGAN BENNETT, UM, BUILT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AS WELL WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO THE BIG FOUR, UM, I CALL 'EM THE BIG FOUR LESSONS, LEARNS WERE, AGAIN, COMMUNICATION, AND THAT'S THE STAFF AND THE STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH ARE THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND OUR FRANCHISE UTILITIES.
UM, BUILDING THE PARTNERSHIPS TO GET PROJECTS LIKE THIS DONE IS YOU CAN'T DO IT ALONE.
YOU, YOU DO NEED THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITH YOU AND SHARED FACILITIES.
AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THE, UH, FRANCHISE UTILITIES, UM, ALL BEING A PART OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, THE COORDINATION, AGAIN, I TOUCHED ON, UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST WITH FRANCHISE UTILITIES, BUT IT WAS ALSO THE LAKES MARINO GROUP.
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NOVEMBER 14TH, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA START.UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY TIE IN THEIR BUILDINGS OR THEIR DRIVEWAYS TO OUR STREETS, WE, WE ARE IN THE RIGHT LOCATION.
AND THEN THE RESPONSIVENESS AND THAT GOES ON FOR CITY LEADERSHIP AS WELL AS OUR CONTRACTOR.
AND THEN I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, MIKE CHAPMAN, MIKE MIKE'S, UM, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.
AND WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, I TOLD MIKE, I SAID, YOU KNOW, OUR INSPECTORS, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN YOU'RE LAYING, UH, WATER LINES, SEWER LINES, CONCORD STREET.
BUT IF THE INSPECTOR CAN GET, UM, IF HE CAN PUT IT TOGETHER THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP PROPERTY OWNERS INFORMED OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, GO CHECK ON THEM EVERY DAY.
UM, IF YOU CAN GET THAT, THEN YOU REALLY GOT SOMEBODY WHO'S WORKING THE PROJECT, NOT JUST FROM A CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT, BUT FOR A WHOLE PROJECT.
AND I ASKED MIKE ON THE FRONT END TO DO THAT, AND I'M PROUD OF THE WAY WHERE HE DID THAT.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT ON THAT PROJECT, MIKE, AND THANK YOU.
UM, WHERE ARE WE AT TODAY? NOW WE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY COMPLETED.
UM, THE TREES GOT PUT IN LAST WEEK, AND, UM, I THINK OVER THE NEXT WEEK WE JUST TALKED TO LOGAN.
THE, UM, THE ELECTRICAL WORK AND ALL THE TREE WELLS WILL GET DONE.
THAT'S WHY THEY LOOK A LITTLE ROUGH.
THEY HAVE TO PUT THE, UH, JUNCTION BOXES IN AND THEN THEY'LL BE A, UM, A PLUG BASICALLY AT EACH TREE.
SO I THINK WE CAN DECORATE 'EM EVERY YEAR.
UM, THEY'LL ALSO PUT THE LANDSCAPING IN AS WELL AS, UH, PUTTING, UH, SHRUBS AND PLANTINGS IN THOSE, UH, CERAMIC FLOWER POTS AND STUFF.
SO WE'RE ABOUT A WEEK AWAY FROM GETTING ALL THAT DONE.
UM, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN THE ROAD, UM, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT ENCORE DID PUT THE LIGHTS IN FOR US.
UM, THEY ARE THE 11 FOOT LIGHTS.
UM, THE SPECS CALL FOR 14, BUT IT WAS A SUPPLY ISSUE.
UM, AND THEY COULDN'T TELL US WHEN WE'RE GETTING THE 14, SO WE ASKED THEM TO PUT THE ELEVENS IN AND THEN THEY'LL SWITCH 'EM OUT AT A LATER DATE.
SO, STILL LOOKS GOOD A LOT THERE, AND HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AT NIGHT.
UM, SO A LOT DIFFERENT, AND IT DOES RESEMBLE A LOT OF THE SCHEMATICS THAT YOU SAW ON THE PLANS FOR THE AREA.
SO THE NEXT STEP FOR PHASE TWO, UM, AND JUST A REMINDER THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, THE CONTRACT WITH PACHECO.
UM, THE SURVEY'S COMPLETE AS FAR AS WE KNOW.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA MAKE A DECISION ON, UM, REAL QUICKLY ON WHETHER WE USE PACHECO OR NOT.
FOR THE SECOND PHASE, JUST LIKE OUR FRANCHISE UTILITY, THEY'VE HAD TURNOVERS.
SO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAD ON THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AREN'T THE PEOPLE WE'RE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND SO THE, UM, I'LL SHOW YOU THE SCHEMATIC ON PHASE TWO, BUT THE THOUGHT ON PHASE TWO IS, UM, THAT WE PUT THE ENTIRE PHASE TWO AREA UNDER, UH, ENGINEERING CONTRACT, UH, WITH WHOEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT A PHASING PHASED APPROACH IN CONSTRUCTION.
AND RIGHT NOW, IF WE WERE TO DO IT ALL AT ONE TIME, I THINK WE'D WREAK HAVOC FOR THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES, UM, BECAUSE THAT PHASE IS SO LARGE.
UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL IS IF WE COULD CONSIDER, UH, MAYBE DOING THE PARKING LOT ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACK AND THEN EXTENDING BROAD TO THE SOUTH AS ONE PHASE, UM, WE COULD PROBABLY DO THAT PRETTY QUICK.
AND THEN AT PHASE TWO B WOULD BE ACTUALLY, UM, CONVERTING HOUSTON STREET TO A LINEAR PARK DOING CEDAR STREET IN FRONT OF SAM'S AND PIONEER PARK.
UM, THE SECOND PHASE WOULD ALSO ALLOW US ENOUGH TIME TO WORK OUT, UM, SOME OF THE, UM, ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
AND I GOT ONE SLIDE I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT.
SO AGAIN, UM, THIS IS A SCHEMATIC THAT MARIA DREW UP, WHICH, UM, KIND OF REPRESENTS WHAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO WITH THE, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL PARKING.
UM, WE ARE GONNA LOOK MAYBE AT A PHASED APPROACH ON THIS.
I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO BUILD THE 93 PARKING SPACES IN ONE PHASE.
I THINK WE COULD LOOK AT MAYBE A PHASED APPROACH.
UM, WE ARE, WE, MARIA, I GUESS MARIA AND I, OR
UM, THEY WANTED TO HAVE ONE MORE MEETING ON PROGRAMMING THAT AREA, WHAT THEY WANTED ON THEIR PROPERTY.
AND, UM, THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE AS FAR AS DEVELOPING A SCOPE WITH THE ENGINEERING, UH, FIRM.
AND AGAIN, JUST A REMINDER, THE THE BLUE OR CION COLOR, UH, REPRESENTS PHASE TWO.
AND SO, UM, OUR THOUGHT WAS THAT A PHASE TWO A WOULD BE THE EXTENSION OF, UM, BROAD STREET TO THE SOUTH AS WELL AS THE PARKING LOT.
AND THEN, UM, GIVE US A, IT'LL GIVE US SOME MORE TIME TO WORK WITH THE CHURCH ON SOME PARKING AGREEMENTS THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HOUSTON STREET.
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UM, SO OUR CHALLENGES GOING FORWARD, UM, IS, UM, AGAIN, WITH PHASE ONE IS GETTING OUR SURVEY DOCUMENTS AND GETTING ENOUGH SURVEYING INFORMATION TO MOVE FORWARD.UM, EASEMENT ACQUISITIONS WILL BE A CHALLENGE, UM, AS IT WAS IN PHASE ONE, BUT HOPEFULLY I'M REALLY HOPING THAT PEOPLE LOOK OVER AT PHASE ONE AND SEE WHAT WE DID AND NOW REALLY SEE THE PICTURE FOR WHAT WE WANT TO DO IN THE OTHER PHASES OF DOWNTOWN.
WE DO NEED PARKING AGREEMENTS, UM, FRANCHISE UTILITY COORDINATION.
WE'LL START AS SOON AS WE GET OUR ENGINEER ON BOARD AGAIN, AND WE'LL BE MEETING WITH THEM WEEKLY.
UM, TRASH SERVICE WILL BE AN ISSUE, UM, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME LARGE TRASH GENERATORS THAT WE'LL NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE, WHAT, UH, MECHANISM WE ARE GONNA USE TO, UH, PICK UP THE TRASH.
UM, THERE'S A THOUGHT WE NEED TO GET AWAY FROM DUMPSTERS, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK THAT OUT.
UH, AS I MENTIONED, TRAFFIC CONTROL AND THEN, UM, EXISTING CONDITION DOCUMENTS, WHICH DOCUMENTATION, WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS JUST, UM, WE NEED TO REALLY MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE THE CONDITIONS OF ALL THE BUILDINGS AND EVERYTHING BOTH OUTSIDE AND INSIDE.
THAT CONCLUDES, UH, MY PRESENTATION AND GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY CO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCILMAN MCCARTY
I KNOW YOU, YOU ALWAYS LEARN A LOT, UM, ABOUT WHAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, ON THE FIRST PHASE OF, OF ANY NEW PROJECT.
UM, AND, AND THEN I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT I KNOW ON, UH, ONE OF OUR PRIMARY CONCERNS IN THE CITY IS ALWAYS PUBLIC SAFETY.
AND, UH, I I SAY THAT TO, UH, TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK MORE AT IN THE, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE IS WAYS TO MULTIPLY THE FORCE OF OUR POLICE AND, AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS THROUGH THE USE OF THINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE THE FLOCK CAMERAS THAT WE PUT IN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND TO, TO KEEP THOSE THINGS IN MIND AS WE'RE DESIGNING SOME OF THE NEW STREETS, UM, IN THE PARKING LOT ABOUT WHAT CAPABILITIES WE NEED TO HAVE IN THOSE AREAS SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN PROVIDE THE, UH, THE KIND OF PUBLIC SAFETY THAT OUR CITIZENS HAVE COME TO EXPECT.
UM, JUST TO COMMENT, YOU, YOU MADE THE, THE OBSERVATION THAT IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT DEALING WITH THIRD PARTIES BECAUSE OF THE TURNOVER OF ENCORE AND OTHER ENTITIES, BUT THEN I SEE THAT OUR CITY STAFF HAS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT AND I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR THAT AND TO JUST HIGHLIGHT OUR CITY STAFF BECAUSE THROUGH ALL OF THIS COVID SOCIAL INJUSTICE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAS GONE ON, WE'VE HAD A CONSISTENT STAFF AND THAT'S MADE THIS WHOLE PROCESS MUCH MORE EASIER AS OPPOSED TO NOT JUST TRAINING ENCORE STAFF, BUT TRAINING INTERNAL STAFF.
SO JUST HATS OFF TO THE CITY STAFF FOR A GREAT JOB OF PHASE ONE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE, A CONTINUED, UH, EXCELLENT JOB IN PHASE TWO,
UM, SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A COPY OF THAT, YOUR PRESENTATION? ABSOLUTELY.
CUZ THERE'S A, WHEN YOU WERE GOING THROUGH IT, I HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF QUESTIONS AND SO I, I JUST SENT A TEXT TO THE CITY MANAGER, I'D LIKE TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH YOU TO KIND, SO I DON'T TAKE UP A LONG TIME IN THE MEETING TO GO OVER THOSE, THOSE QUESTIONS.
YEAH, JUST REAL QUICKLY, YOU KNOW, SITTING AT, UH, THAT AFTER PICTURE WHEN YOU WERE SHOWING THE, THE, THE BENCHES AND THE LIGHTS AND SO FORTH AND, AND YOU KNOW, I JUST REMEMBER THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS SAYING, WHAT'S TAKING THEM SO LONG? HOW COME THIS HAS BEEN SITTING THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME? WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALIZE, I DIDN'T REALIZE PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU JUST WENT THROUGH JUST TO MAKE THAT AS PRETTY AS IT IS NOW.
AND SO NOW I THOROUGHLY UNDERSTAND, UH, ESPECIALLY BASED ON YOUR PRESENTATION, UH, OF WHAT YOU HAD TO WORK THROUGH, AND THEN YOU END UP WITH A VERY PREMIER PROJECT.
WELL, UH, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, UM, PHASE ONE, LIKE A BIG IMPACT AND WE STILL GOT A LOT MORE TO DO.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT WE GOT COMING IN THE FUTURE ALSO TO YOU AND THE PLANNING AND ENGINEERING TEAM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS AND FRANCHISE UTILITIES.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
UM, FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS CON I'M SORRY, I WAS
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ON THE RIGHT PAGE.UH, CONDUCT A BRIEFING TO DISCUSS, I'M SORRY, GIVE MY STRAIGHT
[4. Receive an update on the Premier Library, Museum and Signature Park and Trail project.]
HERE.ALL RIGHT, REVIEW AND UPDATE ON THE PREMIER LIBRARY MUSEUM AND SIGNATURE PARK AND TRAIL PROJECT.
HOW YOU DOING ON DEPUTY CITY? GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE AND INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR CRACKER JACK TEAM.
AS PORTER REFERRED, OF COURSE, Y'ALL KNOW YOU HIRED B FOUR TO BE THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK WITH, WITH A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LIBRARY MUSEUM SIGNATURE PARK AND TRAIL PROJECT.
AND I, I'M HONORED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR PROJECT MANAGER, CODY MCCREARY.
YOU THOUGHT THAT KELLY YASSO WAS A CRACKERJACK.
HE'S 10 TIMES HER CRACKER CHECK.
UH, BUT CODY, UH, WE MEET WITH B ORBA, UH, WEEKLY AND WE GO THROUGH A, A COMPREHENSIVE AGENDA TO INCLUDE SCHEDULES, UH, SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THE COUNCIL'S OBJECTIVE OF DELIVERING THE PROJECT ON TIME AND WITHIN BUDGET IS DELIVERED.
AND SO, UH, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO HIM FOR THE UPDATE.
I THOUGHT WE, UH, SCRUBBED THE INTERNET OF OUR, OUR OLD NAME OF TWO TRUCKS AND A TRUCK, BUT, UH, I GUESS NOT.
UH, THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY.
UH, GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU THE FIRST OF MANY, UM, CONSTRUCTION UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE PREMIER LIBRARY, UM, SIGNATURE PARK AND MUSEUM.
UH, MY GOAL, UH, OH, AND FOR YOU GUYS THAT DON'T KNOW ME, UM, I'M CODY MCCRERY WITH B FOR BATTY, UH, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.
UM, IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT WE GET TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS ON THIS PROJECT.
UH, I KNOW WE JUST STARTED, UH, BUT IT HAS BEEN A GREAT TIME, UH, GREAT WORKING WITH MELISSA AND HER TEAM AND, UH, UH, I'VE SEEN A FEW PEOPLE OUT HERE, SEAN AND MARIE AND, AND ALL THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.
UM, ALSO MY GOAL FOR, UH, THIS UPDATE, UH, IS TO SHOW YOU GUYS AND TO HAVE YOU GUYS WALK AWAY, UH, KNOWING THE CRITICAL ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST 90 DAYS, UH, WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING, UM, IN THE NEXT 90 DAYS BEFORE OUR NEXT UPDATE.
AND THEN ALSO I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU SOME THINGS THAT, UH, THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT NOT SEE FROM JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, ROAD AND KIND OF BEHIND THE SCENES THINGS THAT HAPPENED.
SO WE WILL, WE'LL GO THROUGH IT.
UH, FIRST ONE OF THE, UH, BEHIND THE SCENES, UH, THINGS THAT HAPPENED THAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IS, UH, BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING BIM.
AND SO WITH THIS, UM, I'VE KIND OF GIVEN YOU AN EXCERPT ON THE, THE, UH, FAR RIGHT THAT KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE PROCESS OF BIM.
UM, BUT ON A HIGH LEVEL, BASICALLY WHAT IT IS, IS YOU GUYS HIRE THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERS, UH, TO DESIGN THE BUILDING.
UH, THEY, THEY GIVE US THE SIZING, THE LOADS, EVERYTHING WE NEED, UH, TO, TO MAKE A COMPLIANT PROJECT.
UH, WHAT WE DO IN PHASE TWO IS WE, UH, BRING IN OUR SUBCONTRACTORS THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST AND HAVE GREAT REPUTATIONS.
AND WITH THEM, UH, THEY KNOW THE BEST WAY TO, UH, TO BUILD THIS PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, THE ROUTING, UH, HOW, HOW TO RUN THINGS.
AND SO, UH, BASICALLY WE ASK EACH ONE OF THEM, OUR MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, FIRE SUPPRESSION.
WE ASK THEM ALL TO, TO GIVE US THEIR OWN MODEL OF HOW THEY PLAN ON RUNNING, UH, THEIR SYSTEMS, RIGHT? THEN WE PUT IT ALL IN A PUT IT ALL IN BIM AND IT GENERATES A REPORT CALLED A CLASH DETECTION, RIGHT? AND AT THAT TIME, WE ALSO PUT THE STRUCTURAL STEEL IN THERE AS WELL AS THE CEILING HEIGHTS AND ALL THAT, AND THE DRYWALL SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHERE THERE'S GONNA BE CONFLICTS BEFORE WE GET OUT THERE AND ACTUALLY, UH, PUT THE PROJECT TOGETHER.
AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, TO FIND, UM, ISSUES AND CORRECT THEM BEFORE GOING OUT THERE, WHICH IN TURN SAVES MONEY.
UM, BECAUSE IF WE FIND IT OUT IN THE FIELD, THAT MEANS IT'S ALREADY RUN.
AND THAT MEANS NOW I GOTTA PAY SOMEBODY TO, TO MOVE IT.
AND THEN ALSO IT ALLOWS US, UM, I THINK ONE VERY IMPORTANT THING FOR YOU GUYS IS, IS NOT TO SETTLE.
YOU GUYS WERE SOLD, UM, A CERTAIN BUILDING AND BY US DOING THIS PROCESS, WE'RE ALLOW, OR WE'RE ABLE TO FIND THESE ISSUES AND FIGURE OUT WAYS AROUND THEM.
AND Y'ALL AREN'T HAVING TO SETTLE FOR LOWERING THE CEILING OR MOVING A WALL OR DELETING A CERTAIN PART OF THE PROJECT, UM, JUST TO MAKE THE, UH, SYSTEMS THAT NOBODY EVER IS GONNA SEE WORK.
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SO THAT KIND OF, UH, PUTS TOGETHER, UH, ITEM TWO AND THREE.AND THEN I THINK ANOTHER BENEFIT FOR YOU GUYS IS ITEM FOUR, WHICH AFTER WE'RE GONE, UH, YOU GUYS WILL HAVE THE MODEL YOURSELF.
AND SOMETHING THAT THE MODEL GENERATES IS IT, IT SHOWS EXACTLY WHERE WE PUT THAT DUCT WORK, AT WHAT HEIGHT WE PUT THE DUCT WORK.
SO YOUR OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES TEAM, UM, YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, UH, WILL GET TO, TO BE ABLE TO SHOW.
AND AND I KNOW THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION YOU TALKED ABOUT, UH, UH, SURVEYING AND, AND NOT FINDING THINGS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT, UH, WE'RE ABLE TO, UH, OR TO HELP IN THE FUTURE, UM, MITIGATE ANY OF THOSE ISSUES.
UM, SO, UH, TO GIVE YOU SPECIFICS ON THIS PROJECT, UH, WE'RE ABOUT 85% COORDINATED WITH THE LOWER LEVEL, THAT'S YOUR MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY.
UM, AND THE COFFEE AREA, WE'RE ABOUT 70% COORDINATED WITH THE MAIN LEVEL, UM, AND THEN 60% COORDINATED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL.
AND I'M, I'M ANTICIPATING WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, UH, PROBABLY BEING A HUNDRED PERCENT COORDINATED WITH THE LEVEL, LOWER LEVEL, UH, ABOUT 90% WITH THE MAIN LEVEL AND 75% WITH THE UPPER LEVEL.
SO ONCE IT, ONCE EVERYTHING'S A HUNDRED PERCENT COORDINATED, EVERYBODY SIGNS OFF ON IT, THEN WE PRINT OUT THE PLANS FOR 'EM AND THEY HAVE THEIR SPECIFIC ROUTES THAT THEY HAVE TO RUN.
SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS GET TO SEE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, BUT IT'S EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL, UH, WITH A, WITH SUCH A PROJECT LIKE THIS, UM, WITH A BUNCH OF ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES IN HERE, UM, THAT ARE PLEASING.
SO, UH, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I WANTED TO, UH, GIVE YOU, UH, SOME CRITICAL ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE PAST 90 DAYS.
UM, THIS IS A, UH, AERIAL PHOTO OF THE PROJECT.
UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ABOUT 95% COMPLETE WITH SITE CLEARING.
UH, THAT 5% IS JUST THE TRAILS ON THE EAST SIDE OF, UM, PIONEER TRAIL, UM, THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
UH, WE'VE ALSO STARTED UNDERGROUND MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, AND PLUMBING.
ROUGH IN, WE STARTED CIVIL UTILITIES.
UH, IF YOU COULD KIND OF SEE HERE, UH, I BROUGHT A LASER POINTER, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY WORK WITH, UM, SCREENS, BUT IF YOU COULD SEE THE ORANGE FENCING AREAS AROUND THERE, UM, THOSE ARE INLETS, UM, FOR OUR, UH, SANITARY SEWER, OUR STORM SYSTEM, AND OUR DOMESTIC WATER.
UH, WE'VE COMPLETED THE STRUCTURAL CONCRETE PIERS.
UM, THAT'S WHERE WE DRILL DOWN TO, UH, THE, UM, TO THE GRAY SHELL OF THE, UH, UH, THE EARTH.
AND THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE YOUR BUILDING'S CONNECTED TO.
AND THEN WE'RE ABOUT 90% COMPLETE WITH BUILDING OF THE RETAINING WALL AND GRADE BEAMS. UH, SO IF YOU COULD SEE THERE, IT'S, IT'S HARD.
I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE STARTED A STRUCTURAL STEEL AT ONCE AND PUT IT ALL THERE.
BUT WE, UH, DUE TO HOW THIS, UH, BUILDING WAS DESIGNED, WE DID HAVE TO HANG TWO COLUMNS IN A BEAM, UH, EARLY.
UH, CUZ HALF OF THAT COLUMN GETS, HALF OF THOSE COLUMNS GET POURED IN THE WALL.
SO, UM, FOR US TO FINISH THAT RETAINING WALL, WE HAD TO, UH, DIRECT THOSE.
SO, UH, ALSO GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT THE NEXT 90 DAYS.
UM, WE ANTICIPATE BEING 90% COMPLETE WITH, UH, LIBRARY AND PARK UTILITIES.
THE REMAINING 10% IS, UM, LITTLE, UH, AREA DRAINS AND DRAINS AROUND THE BUILDING, UH, THAT WE DON'T WANNA PUT IN UNTIL WE FINISH THE EXTERIOR SKIN OF THE BUILDING, UH, TO PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING DAMAGED.
UM, SO WE'LL ALSO COMPLETE THE FIRE LANE AND THE LIBRARY PARKING LOT.
THIS IS VERY CRITICAL, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR LIFE SAFETY AND, UM, AND THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, IF ANYONE GETS HURT OR ANYTHING, WE GOTTA GIVE THEM, UH, CLEAR ACCESS TO THE BUILDING.
UH, SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT BEING COMPLETED.
UH, WE'LL COMPLETE THE LOWER LEVEL SLAB.
UH, WE'LL ALSO COMPLETE THE MAIN LEVEL SLAB, AND THEN WE'LL START STRUCTURAL STEEL.
SO YOU GUYS WILL SEE, UH, SEE IT GOING A GOING VERTICAL, WHICH AS OF RIGHT NOW, WITH ALL OF OUR FENCE IN THE WAY, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE A SLOW PROCESS.
UM, BUT ONCE WE GO VERTICAL, THINGS WILL START HAPPENING TO CLARIFY, 90 DAYS FROM NOVEMBER ONE.
SO, UM, ANOTHER, UH, THING THAT WE ALL LIKE TO HIT ON IS THE ON TIME ON BUDGET.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THAT YOU GUYS SO GRACIOUSLY DID FOR US, UH, WAS, UH, RELEASED US ON A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, UM, TRADES.
UH, GIVEN THE MARKET IS, UH, SOME, SOME ASPECTS OF THE MARKET ARE GETTING BETTER, SOME ARE STAYING THE SAME.
UM, BUT YOU GUYS ALLOWED US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH LOCKING DOWN CONTRACTS AND LOCKING DOWN PRICING.
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AND SO A ROOFING THAT, UH, UH, HAD A NINE MONTH LEAD TIME THAT'S ALL BEEN ORDERED.ELECTRICAL PANELS, NINE MONTHS LEAD TIME, THAT'S ORDERED H V A C EQUIPMENT, THAT'S EIGHT MONTHS THAT'S BEEN ORDERED.
ALUMINUM AND GLASS, THAT'S A FOUR MONTHS AND THAT'S ORDERED AND ARE WOOD DOORS AND FRAMES, AND THAT'S FIVE MONTHS AND THAT'S ORDERED.
AND, AND I LIKE TO HIT THOSE, UH, BECAUSE THOSE ARE, ARE VERY CRITICAL, UH, TO, TO BE ABLE, THOSE IMPACT A LOT MORE TRADES THAN JUST THE ROOFING.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN'T HANG DRYWALL INSIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T START WORKING ON CEILINGS AND FLOORS WITHOUT THE ROOFING AND ELECTRICAL PANELS AS WELL.
SO, UH, I WANNA THANK YOU GUYS FOR, FOR RELEASING US ON THAT.
UH, FINANCES, UH, WE'RE ABOUT 95% EXECUTED ON CONTRACTS, UH, WITH OUR SUBCONTRACTORS.
UM, I ANTICIPATE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS TO BE 99% AND WE'LL BE 99% UNTIL THE END OF THE PROJECT, CUZ THE ONE CONTRACT WE, UH, WE WANT TO WAIT TO ISSUE IS THE FINAL CLEAN.
WE WANT THEM TO WALK THE BUILDING, UM, TO DO THAT.
ALSO, UH, NO ESCALATIONS INCURRED TO DATE, UH, WHICH, UH, TO TOUCH BASE ON THAT AGAIN, THAT, THAT, UH, IS, IS ALL CREDIT TO YOU GUYS LETTING US, UH, BE ABLE TO LOCK THOSE PRICES IN AND WE ATTI OR WE APPRECIATE THAT.
UH, AND THEN ALL ANTICIPATED COST ARE WITHIN THE GMP.
SO ANY, ANY CHANGES, UH, ANY ADDED VALUE ITEMS, UH, THOSE ARE CAPTURED WITHIN CONTINGENCIES.
AND, UH, SO, UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE BEING ANYTHING MORE THAN WHAT YOU GUYS, UH, APPROVED US TO DO.
AND THEN THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW IS, UH, WE DO HAVE AN ANTICIPATED COMPLETION OF SPRING OF 2024, AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HOLD GREAT PARTIES, SO, UH, I'LL BE, I'LL BE LOOKING OUT FOR THIS ONE.
THIS, THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE TIME TO PLAN.
SO, UM, ALSO I WANTED TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT THE LEAD CERTIFICATION, UH, JUST LIKE NW BE, UH, WE WERE TASKED WITH, UM, TO, TO BRING IT IN A LEAD CERTIFIED PROJECT, UH, THAT ALIGNS WITH CEDAR HILL'S, UH, VISION STATEMENT.
UM, SO, UH, THIS IS OUR SCORECARD, OUR LATEST SCORECARD.
UM, I DO WANNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE THINGS HERE.
UH, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS. UM, BUT AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS OUR, UH, AND THE GREEN IS OUR, UH, OUR POINTS.
AND WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, WE WERE AT, UH, WE WERE GOING FOR CERTIFIED, WHICH IS 40 TO 49 POINTS AS OF RIGHT NOW.
WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE, UH, SILVER, UM, WHICH IS AN ADDED BONUS.
AND WE'RE CONTINUING, UM, TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO GET AS MANY POINTS AS WE CAN.
WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, NOT JUST GO WITH, UH, THE BARE MINIMUM.
SO I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, MARIE.
SHE'S BEEN SPEARHEADING THE, UH, UH, THE LEAD CERTIFICATION WITH SANDRA, WITH SU SUSTAINABLE CONCEPTS.
UH, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH AND, AND HELPING US ACHIEVE, UH, ALL THESE POINTS.
IT'S A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION, SO I WANT TO THANK HER AND WILL HER TEAM.
UM, NEXT IS, UH, M W B E PARTICIPATION UPDATE.
I KNOW, UH, KELLY CAME HERE, UH, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND GAVE YOU THE UPDATE OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
UM, LAST TIME, UH, ON THIS PIE CHART, WE WERE AT ABOUT 95% FIRST TIER.
AND, UH, AND THROUGH OR IN 5% SECOND TIER, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THE FIRST TIER A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S DOLLARS GOING DIRECTLY TO THE M W B E FIRMS. UM, SO I WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
UM, WE'RE STILL AT THE SAME AS LAST, UH, LAST UPDATE MEETING AT 38%, UH, M WBE PARTICIPATION WITH 375,000, UH, BUILD BY M WBE FIRMS. UM, SO, SO THAT'S ALREADY STARTED AT WORK.
I DON'T, I HAD TO LOOK THIS UP BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA LEAVE OFF A LETTER, BUT YOU GUYS ARE PART OF THE N C T R C A I BELIEVE IT IS.
AND, UH, YOU GUYS WERE, UH, GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO HELP OUT ONE OF OUR SUBCONTRACTORS.
Y'ALL GET A, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO FAST TRACK ONE.
UM, WE DID GET CONFIRMATION FROM THEM THAT THEY ARE, UM, THEY'RE SUBMITTING ALL THEIR PAPERWORK, UH, THIS WEEK.
AND SO I THINK WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE FOR THAT.
AND ASSUMING THAT THAT GOES THROUGH, UH, THAT ADDS ANOTHER 2.8 MILLION TO, UH, THE, THE N WBE GOAL.
AND, UM, THAT GIVES US UPWARD OF EIGHT PLUS PERCENT MORE, UH, ON THIS GOAL.
SO I DON'T WANNA COUNT, UH, WHAT'S THE SAYING, COUNT THE EGGS IN THE BASKET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, UH, BUT ASSUMING WE GET THAT AND WE SHOULD, UM, UH, I, I SEE THIS GOAL, UH,
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GOING EVEN HIGHER.SO WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.
UM, NEXT IS, UH, JUST WANT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A DRONE VIDEO.
UH, WE DO THESE WEEKLY, UH, SOMETIMES TWICE A WEEK.
UM, SO, UH, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU UPDATE, UH, THE ORIENTATION OF THIS, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, AT, UH, PIONEER TRAIL TO YOUR RIGHT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS OUR, OUR BUILDING.
UM, THIS WILL BE THE LIBRARIES, UH, THE PREMIER LIBRARIES, UH, MAIN FLOOR.
UH, YOU CAN SEE AS WE CIRCLE AROUND THOSE, UM, THOSE, UH, CIVIL INLETS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, AS WELL AS THE CIVIL LINE, UM, TO THE NORTH OF THE PROJECT, UH, AS WE'RE CIRCLING AROUND, WE'RE GETTING, UH, BACK TO, UH, SOME SEATING AREAS WHERE THERE WILL BE, UH, CANOPIES AND, UH, THE GRADE CHANGES.
SO THERE'S BEAUTIFUL SCENERY BACK THERE, AS WELL AS A, UM, THE PARTY DECK, UH, WHERE I BELIEVE YOU GUYS WILL BE HOSTING WEDDINGS AND, AND ALL THAT, THAT GOOD STUFF RIGHT THERE.
UM, SO, AND THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, HERE'S OUR LOWER LEVEL AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU, UH, ACCESS FROM THE PARK TO THE, THE COFFEE BAR AREA, AS WELL AS THE MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITY WHERE THAT CAN BE SPLIT UP INTO THREE ROOMS. AND WE'LL HAVE DOORS TO THE OUTSIDE THAT WILL OPEN UP AND MAKE IT FEEL EVEN BIGGER.
UM, ALSO AS, AS WE COME AROUND, UH, HERE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, UH, THAT'S WHERE OUR PARKING LOT, UH, IS GONNA BE FOR THE LIBRARY.
AND THEN YOU COULD SEE RIGHT THERE TO THE TOP LEFT IS GOING TO BE, UH, THE SIGNATURE PARK ARE, OR THE HEART OF THE PARK IS, IS WHAT WE CALL, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL HAVE A SWING STRUCTURE, A LITTLE AMPHITHEATER DOWN THERE, AND THEN A BRIDGE THAT WILL CROSS YOU OVER, UM, TO THE, TO NORTH CEDAR HILL ROAD, UM, AND THE PARKING OVER THERE.
SO, UH, AND THEN AS WELL AS, UH, TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE TYING INTO UPTOWN BOULEVARD, UH, AND, AND GIVING, UH, POLICE A NEW, UH, GATE AND ACCESS TO THERE.
ALSO, UM, PER THE REQUEST OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, A PRETTY NEAT FEATURE, UH, IS A TIME LAPSE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THE ANTENNA OR THE, THE CAMERA ON THE SIDE OF THE TRAILER.
UM, BUT ALSO ON THE LINKS THAT WE SHARE IS, UH, ACCESS TO, TO THE LATEST AND GREATEST.
AND YOU CAN EITHER DO, UH, UH, VIDEO OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT OR, UH, THE LAST 30 DAYS.
AND I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO, UH, TALK WITH THIS ONE CAUSE I WON'T BE ABLE TO KEEP UP.
UM, BUT THIS WILL JUST GIVE YOU THE, THE LAST 30 DAYS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND, UM, AS WE START TO GO VERTICAL, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THIS, UH, THIS, UH, BE A LOT MORE, A LOT MORE INTERESTING.
AND THIS WILL BE THE FRONT ENTRY WITH THE DROP OFF.
SO, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAD.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, THE UPDATE.
UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? WELL, I GUESS WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
WELL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR BRIEFING SESSION.
SO I ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO ADJOURN.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND? THAT IS A NON DEBATEABLE MOTION.
I HAVE 7 0 3 COUNSEL, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
LET'S RECONVENE ABOUT SEVEN 10.